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Winning the war on war : the decline of armed conflict worldwide / Joshua S. Goldstein.
| Author/creator | Goldstein, Joshua S., 1952- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Dutton, ©2011. |
| Description | x, 385 pages ; 24 cm |
| Electronic Location | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Subjects |
| Contents | War on the street outside : Beirut, 1980 -- The long-term trend : a trip in a time machine, 2011 to prehistoric times -- Palestine to Congo : the invention of peacekeeping, 1947-61 -- Angola to Mozambique : failures and successes of the early 1990s -- The Kofi Annan reforms : consolidation and expansion, 1997-2006 -- The Sierra Leone model : multidimensional peace operations, 1998-2011 -- The unarmy : nonmilitary forces supporting peace -- Peace movements : if you want peace, work for peace -- Assessing progress : is peace increasing since 1945? -- Three myths : finding the truth when conventional wisdom is wrong -- Wars of the world : the fires still smoldering -- What we can do : a new global identity. |
| Abstract | Presents balanced facts about the military-civilian death ratio in modern warfare while explaining how a general decline in armed conflict is revealing the effectiveness of peace. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-371) and index. |
| LCCN | 2011032790 |
| ISBN | 9780525952534 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 0525952535 (hbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | D862.5 .G65 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |